Lead Big Data Engineer - Azure Databricks & AI Analytics

Molina Healthcare; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Molina Healthcare seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead enterprise-scale data solutions on Azure for Medicare/Medicaid operations. You will guide end-to-end data workloads, mentor teams, and champion AI-first practices to improve member outcomes.

The role requires expertise in Azure data services, real-time and batch pipelines, and cross-functional collaboration with business leaders. Strong coding and DevOps experience is essential.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of data management on cloud data platforms or equivalent.
• Bachelor's degree in IT, computer science, statistics, business, health care, engineering, etc.
• Experience with Microsoft Azure data services (Azure Databricks, Azure Data Factory, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Lake Storage, Azure Machine Learning).
• Proven experience implementing AI-assisted development and machine learning solutions.
• Proficiency in Python, PySpark, Scala, and SQL with quality assurance automation experience.
• Experience with real-time streaming architectures (Kafka, Azure Event Hubs, Spark Streaming).
• Experience integrating data platforms with low-code systems (Pega, Salesforce).
• Health care payor industry experience with Medicare/Medicaid claims, quality metrics, and regulatory reporting.
• Understanding of HIPAA requirements and health care data governance frameworks.
• Ability to mentor and develop team members with Forward Deployed Engineer mindset.
• Experience with Azure DevOps CI/CD pipelines and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, ARM templates).
• Critical-thinking and problem-solving skills with business outcome orientation.
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally in a highly matrixed health care organization.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills, including ability to partner with executive stakeholders and translate business needs.
• Experience with Microsoft O365, Power BI, and Azure DevOps.

Responsibilities

• Operates as a lead Forward Deployed Engineer, driving end-to-end ownership culture and mentoring team members on business problem-solving.
• Provides subject matter expertise in Azure data platform architecture (Azure Databricks, Azure Synapse, Azure Data Factory, Azure Data Lake).
• Champions AI-first development practices, implementing GitHub Copilot workflows and Azure Machine Learning solutions for predictive health care analytics.
• Designs and implements business intelligence (BI) solutions using Power BI, Tableau integrated with Azure data platform.
• Analyzes current business practices and identifies opportunities for leveraging Azure data and AI PaaS services to improve Medicare/Medicaid operations.
• Builds reusable data quality frameworks and automated data validation using Azure DevOps and quality assurance automation tools.
• Leads integration initiatives connecting Azure data platform with low-code platforms (Pega, Salesforce, Sitecore).
• Transforms business requirements into technical architecture, design and implementation for health care analytics use cases.
• Designs analytical data models supporting self-service BI for clinical, financial, and operational stakeholders.
• Implements batch and real-time data pipelines for claims processing, quality metrics, and population health analytics.
• Partners with business leaders across the organization to identify high-value data opportunities and prioritize initiatives.
• Leads technical issue resolution and collaborates with Azure support, infrastructure, and vendor teams.
• Supports project planning, scheduling and execution using Agile methodologies.
• Ensures HIPAA compliance and health care data governance standards are maintained.
• Provides training, mentoring and support to new and existing big data team members on Azure data technologies and Forward Deployed Engineer principles.

Skills

Azure data platform

Python

PySpark

SQL

Azure Databricks

Azure Synapse

Power BI

Tableau

Leadership

HIPAA compliance

Data governance

Machine learning

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake

Terraform

ARM templates

CI/CD

Kafka

Education

Bachelor's degree in IT/CS/Statistics/Healthcare/Engineering

Tools

Azure Databricks

Azure Synapse

Azure Data Factory

Azure Data Lake Storage

Azure Machine Learning

Power BI

Tableau

GitHub Copilot

Azure DevOps

Terraform

ARM templates

Kafka

Job description

Molina Healthcare seeks a Forward Deployed Engineer to lead enterprise-scale data solutions on Azure for Medicare/Medicaid operations. You will guide end-to-end data workloads, mentor teams, and champion AI-first practices to improve member outcomes.

The role requires expertise in Azure data services, real-time and batch pipelines, and cross-functional collaboration with business leaders. Strong coding and DevOps experience is essential.